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Be Aware Mandingo Man

BE AWARE MANDINGO MAN…

Be aware Mandingo man---
Its open season---
The pack-hunting hyena like
Human predators are roaming
As if on an urban savannah safari;

Be aware Mandingo man---
Its hunting season---
Ebony hued panther sheen males---
The game of prey to be picked off
Like coconuts from mothering trees;

Be aware Mandingo man---
It’s shooting season---
The hunters have set their sites
On sable skin male dears
Who must trod urban trail ways
As if cotton balls bouncing on thin ice;

Be aware Mandingo man---
It’s still
Strange fruit   
Season---
Today, there’re no sheets to warn you;

Be aware Mandingo man
It’s you know what
Season---
The streets are the new killing fields.

Be aware Mandingo man---
Be aware:
Pow!

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